Outfit Fashion Challenge

If
you follow me, you will know that I have decided to take part in an outfit
challenge. I am not going to deny it, I was thinking of taking part in one for
a while. I spotted some time ago that the 7x7 Outfit challenge was fairly
popular, so without much reluctance I joined. Read more about the challenge's
guidelines here.

So
visiting London for a few days sounded like the perfect occasion to travel with
light luggage and have 7 different outfits to pick from. Sounds like a win win
solution to me.

For the
challenge I picked:

Grey
Blazer

Grey
Dress

Red Skirt

Light
Grey Skirt

Black Top

Grey
Jeans

Black
Floral Top

I am not including black waterfall jacket into the
count.

First day of the challenge, was also the day
in which I traveled so comfy, casual style was my first choice.

Second day and I was rather satisfied with the
outfit. I felt good. It could be due to the fact that my red skirt is my
favourite item of clothing in my wardrobe at the moment. Throughout the day I
managed to have some delightful dim sum at Little Penang and see the
fantastic musical Kinky Boots. Their witty humour is straight up my street. I
can easily say that this outfit worked for me during the day as well as during a spontaneous
date night.

Day three was moderately active with the beautiful
June. We managed to see the Vogue 100 exhibition, take a few cheeky
photos which we probably should not have, apologise profusely to the lovely
staff, and proceed to taking even more photos outside. What can I say! I love
meeting fellow bloggers! As I am writing this, there is only one
though gong through my head: two weeks later and I still have
not sent photos to June! Shame on me!

Day
four I am starting to get bored, a lack of accessories with me makes my outfits
rather uninteresting. I am also missing colours. At the end of the day it is
starting to feel that this challenge might not be for me during my travels.
Photos are ok, nothing special. If not for the challenge I would probably not
show them on Iga Berry.

My
enthusiasm for the chosen clothes started to go away around day four. It
was also my last outfit I decided to wear as part of this challenge. I did not
actually want to wear it and I would rather have picked an outfit
from day one or two to wear again, but this was not the point of the
challenge. Maybe accessories would spice things up and save the outfit.
However, I am doubtful.

Although
I did not manage to finish the challenge, I will definitely give it a go and
redo it back at home with all of my accessories available. I was
traveling, which means that I did not have all the accessories, jackets, bags,
and shoes, which can make a bin bag fashionable.

This
time I was also spoilt with the sun in London. I am not convinced this
challenge would suit my needs during autumn and winter from practical reasons.
I like clean fresh clothes, and I wash my whites, blacks, colours, and lingerie
separately. At this point in time, in my opinion, washing one pair of jeans or
two tops per wash is not very economical. Similarly, with washing all the
clothes together as this would leave me with nothing to wear. Hence I would
have to use a dryer, another extra energy cost, and risk it with damaging my
clothes.

One
important thing, which this challenge pointed out to me, was a clear message
that my wardrobe is a combination of styles. It simply means that some of
my clothes do not go well with each other. It simply shows my wrong shopping
choices and lack of consistency when it comes to fashion. Although I
would consider myself an aware customer, I still have a lot to learn.

I would struggle with this Iga, you did well! I think your love of colour was hampered here, don't beat yourself up too much! ;-0 Capsule wardrobes do seem limited with colour choices to me, I don't think I could do it for long, I like a crazy print from time to time! I really like your blazers, they do make all of your outfits look pulled together :-) x

Thank you so much Steff. I am looking forward to seeing you soon. I might attempt project: capsule wardrobe, again but not for now. I am quite happy with a splash of colour now and then. I will try to incorporate it.